Year 7 - Citizenship
How can communities work together to create change?
How can we make a difference in our communities?
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils examine what community means and the role it plays at their school. They explore what charities and NGOs do in their community and identify how they can become active citizens.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain what community cohesion is and why it is necessary for change.
Key Notes
- Community cohesion is when communities work together to achieve shared goals or values.
- Community cohesion allows everyone, despite their differences, to have equal opportunities in life.
- To support community cohesion, neighbours need lots of different skills and qualities.
- If people in communities come together and work together, lasting change will occur as a result.
Vocabulary To Learn
- community: a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
- cohesion: when parts stick together
- community cohesion: working together to achieve shared goals or values
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Community cohesion comes easily to all communities.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Community cohesion is when communities work together to achieve shared goals or values. Community cohesion allows everyone, despite their differences, to have equal opportunities in life.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'community'
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Community cohesion comes easily to all communities. Correction: Community cohesion takes work and effort to maintain relationships and keep everyone together working towards the same goal.
More Lessons In This Unit
- How can citizens get involved in community change? Study Guide
- What can we do as active citizens to improve our community? Study Guide
- What do charities, NGOs and groups do in our local community? Study Guide
- What do we need to become active citizens in our community? Study Guide
- What role does our school play in our local community? Study Guide
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